Wildwood Flower Carter-Style Guitar Lesson! FREE TABS AND PRACTICE TRACKS!

[@robat7]

Ryan, thanks so much. I'm a classical guitar player moving over into American folk and country. Your lesson is the best I've seen (and I've looked all over), especially paired with the on-screen tab. Thanks so much!

[@themacadventures304]

Thats cool, thats what i did. Spanish classical then to outlaw country then now to thrash metal

[@scragjonezv4843]

learned just the melody by itself years ago. but my this has always been my granny's favorite song and for some reason i just couldn't get the chords down as well at the same time. she can't play anymore and i've picked the guitar back up recently so i can play for her. thanks for this, really.

[@mwr]

You bet! Glad to help!

[@PatriciaSpayd]

Hi Sweetheart, I'm not understanding how to download - from the 'box" and print the guitar tabs. I'm so happy and grateful to you for doing this and I easily follow what your are doing. Help an Elderly Woman please & let me know how to download. Love this song in particular and its been my favorite since I heard it on my grandfather's radio in the 1950s. We lived on a northern Georgia small farm, with a mule, cow and chickens. We listened to the radio after church on Sundays. He only had one electric plug for the entire house for a light and the radio. I look back and remember those old days. Often, we had to ride into church in the mule pulling the farm wagon sitting on bales of hay while my grandparents rode on the wooden wagon seat. The road was red clay. At times we could catch a ride with the neighbors who owned a car. Geez am I old!

[@jimmoore7442]

I realize this is a 5 year old post but I love reading your memories of a simpler time. I hope you are rocking that Wildwood Flower tune every chance you get Pat!

[@ronberlier6695]

Great lesson. The slow speed is very helpful in seeing exactly which string is hit. PDF is very easy to follow along with in connection with the video. Thanks!

[@mwr]

Thanks, Ron!

[@jaybirdful]

Thanks so much man. Pretty stoked to be learning this classic with your help

[@debvosbourgh992]

Love you & your video. I can play it now but not as smooth yet as you can but I know I’ll get it with practice. Thanks, Ryan.

[@dirtworshiper2800]

This has been a ton of help. Thanks so much. Really works your fingers and is helping with keeping the chord while moving your fingers around.

[@mwr]

Glad it helped! You're welcome!

[@CountMecha]

My grandpa's been begging me to learn this song for a while. Thanks, my dude.

[@mwr]

You're welcome kind sir!

[@weirdoburrito4794]

Omg mine too!

[@deejaydtrain]

Hey Rayn, in a word excellent. Thank you. And I just wanted to say about "The Carter style", as a beginner I need to have a clear understanding of the sound and technique for any song first.I feel like I can advance to the degree I would like as I go forward. Again thanks!

[@williambrady5366]

Ty, Ryan ,loved this song and the movie! very cool !!

[@mwr]

Thanks!

[@PatriciaSpayd]

Oh I found where to purchase the songs! That is great as you deserve to be paid for all your work! Blessings!

[@jagan8931]

great lesson! Thank you for slowing it down and showing both hands.

[@mwr]

+J Agan , Thank you and you're welcome! I hope you're able to check out my website for more tunes like this!

[@hoffihimself]

great lesson thx alot ! greets from Bavaria

[@mwr]

Hoffi , thank you and you're welcome!

[@mwr]

Hey Bluegrass Mojo , yeah, I noticed that too. Sometimes I catch myself treating the two eighth notes as just a quarter note, meaning, I just do one down stroke instead of a down up. It still has the same effect if you do either and often when I play I find myself doing both kinds when performing or teaching. But I often tab it out as two eighth notes and teach it like that as I feel it's important to establish that down/up strum. Thanks.

[@gonefishin1406]

Ryan Kimm ,, I seem to think up down is like vital as hell, there are literally so many subtle differences between, down down, and up downing, up down gives more ring anywhere, any which way, even Elec. same. I'm a novice, but i tune by ear, all day

[@fireman89406]

Thanks Ryan. I have been playing the melody for this for quite a while. I have been looking for a way to add the ornamentation.

[@mwr]

Great! You're welcome. I hope the lesson helps!

[@conniejohnson9511]

I clicked the link but it says page can’t be found on all the search engines. ☹️. Very interested to see your site. 😀

[@mwr]

Whoops! Try this link - musicwithryan.lpages.co/wildwood-flower-youtube-v2/ Thanks for letting me know!

[@DukeOfDidge]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@mwr]

You're welcome. Thanks!

[@johnvuke3799]

Hi Ryan like your style of teaching. what pick and strings do you use . when you strum what strings do you strikejohn

[@mwr]

Thanks, John! I usually use Martin Medium strings. I use all kinds of different picks. Usually nicer picks and at least 1.25mm in thickness. I'll use bluechip, tortoise shell, and now I'm using a carbon fiber material. When I'm strumming I will most often hit the 3 highest sounding strings of that chord. For the most part in this lesson, that will be the g, b, and e string just as noted on the tab. Glad you enjoy!

[@coopermartin8418]

This was SO helpful dude thank you so much

[@mwr]

You're very welcome!

[@kensnyder5569]

Nice lesson thanks for the help with this song.

[@mwr]

Ken Snyder you're welcome! I have a ton more lessons at the website. Thanks!

[@kensnyder5569]

I'll check it out thanks!

[@mwr]

Thanks for the kind words, James!

[@k.stonis7442]

RYAN,thank so much!!!!

[@myklily17]

This is an awesome video for beginners like me :) i got free tab in a pdf. Thank you so much!

[@myklily17]

Will the website i filled my name and email address in to get free tabs ask me to pay if i don’t unsubscribe?

[@mwr]

You can access the tabs on the site for free once you've created an account. There's no payment needed to access this lesson on my site.

[@myklily17]

@@mwr thank you so much!! I’m enjoying practicing guitar with it :)

[@johnrfranklin9072]

First tune I ever leaned was Wildwood Flower in C 50 years ago..I tried to play something I knew by your video and instructions so as to learn other things you have as practice..I couldn't understand anything you were doing from that context nor could understand your music sheet at the bottom..idk what I'm missing totally confused

[@guitarguitar4631]

I can't really see what your doing with every finger but it's still really awesome

[@jumpinjack6350]

Nice lesson, can you do "Flat top Chimes" by Smiley Bates?

[@dickwhite5157]

Thanks Ryan👍👍👍

[@tedperry6466]

is this the original Carter Family version or a Carter Sisters with Mother Maybelle version. The original sounds much higher than this.

[@InventorZahran]

I've seen some videos of Mother Maybelle playing it, and she usually uses a capo. That would probably explain the higher register.

[@mwr]

She could have very well been capoed up. Either way, you can play this tune with or without a capo. :)

[@oddworldabe3234]

Thanks so much !

[@mwr]

You're welcome!

[@mattbod]

Cheers buddy: great lesson :)

[@mwr]

Thanks, mate!

[@ctcpeteify]

Thanks very much Ryan, I've been playing many years and had kind of picked out and have been playing a version of this by ear but by using your lesson, I found some aspects I had wrong or was missing. Worked it into my fingerpicking style. Don't listen to the critics..it was excellent. Wish we had this stuff when I was a beginner. BTY, what kind of guitar is that?

[@jeroenr4524]

great lesson. 1 thing, im confussed by the tabs switching not as you play but a bit late. but that didnt stop me from learning the song thank's

[@mwr]

jeroen rabeling Sorry about that! Glad you enjoyed anyway!

[@tomference4618]

..Nice Ryan,..just my speed as a beginner.

[@mwr]

Great to hear, Tom. Thanks!

[@karlhsg1]

Hi Ryan, Karl here in Florida. Another tab project if your up for it. Jake at Janet Davis Music just put out a very cool embellished guitar version of Nine Pound Hammer. Could you tab out the two leads ....? I have the ending lick on the high strings so no need for that....everything else I would love to have. See JD videos tubes The last post is the one I like...figuring out bluegrass using Nine Pound hammer. Karl

[@wetwinky0423]

I had to learn from the tabs

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Excellent

[@mwr]

Thanks!

[@mwr]

You can download the tabs, audio tracks, and the full-length video directly at this link - musicwithryan.lpages.co/wildwood-flower-youtube-v2/

[@frankjones3637]

That good

[@theharmonicaking3283]

That's just a tiny tiny bit slow. The Carter Family play it in the key of A...Thanks Ryan...

[@mwr]

You bet!

[@birkholz100]

Tolles Video. 😀 Sehr sehr schön. Ist das eine Westerngitarre mit Stahlsaiten oder eine klassische mit Nylon Saiten .

[@peterpicker4152]

irgendeiner herringbone ganz gewiss. nicht martin

[@mwr]

Hey Sherry, Sorry, I meant you get free tabs on the screen. Go ahead and email me from my website and I'll be happy to shoot you some tabs (PDF) and practice tracks over. www.musicwithryan.com

[@basilidesferreiradacruz1575]

Por favor, faça um vídeo em português do Brasil

[@nickwiebe181]

Hammer ons are the hardest for me because my neck is bent

[@MYartiisMuRdEr]

That's flat picking right? Carter style is with fingers.

[@mwr]

It can be both. It's all about how you define Carter Style. Byron Sutton and Russ Barenberg have no problem with calling it carter style. So, I'll take their word for it.

DAMN! How I wish I had skinny little fingers like that!!

[@woodwomanful]

Dude, why do you say free when you charge for them?

[@RyanKimm]

Hey Donna, If you click the link in the box to sign up for the newsletter you'll receive the free tabs and practice tracks.

[@boomanchoo27]

Is this tab still free?

[@mwr]

boomanchoo27 Yes! Go ahead and sign up for the newsletter and it will be emailed to you or just email me at my website. Thanks.

[@boomanchoo27]

Ryan Kimm I just did and your tab is super easy. Thanks for the help. You make your lessons so easy.

[@buffalospringfield6272]

HI RYAN, THAT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU GIVE US THE SHADY GROVE TAB IN THE VIDEO LIKE THIS. THANKS A LOT!

[@mwr]

I will!

[@sherrywoods6117]

where are the FREE tabs?

[@TheCarta2012]

Your not doing the up stroke on the strum

[@murrmac]

Strictly speaking, the title is somewhat misleading when it purports to teach how to play this tune in the "Carter Style". Mother Maybelle never ever used a flatpick to play "Wildwood Flower" ...she used a thumbpick and her index finger (with a metal fingerpick) to achieve what became known as the "Carter scratch" (or sometimes the "chicken scratch"). Doesn't mean that a flatpicking arrangement can't be very effective ... it can.. but technically it can't be described as "Carter Style"

[@xgraveboi1846]

murrmac dude, shup up.

[@chuckHart70]

While technically you are right. I think he is doing it with those notes in her style... There are other styles where there is double notes etc...So more refering to the musical style than the technical one.

[@mwr]

@@chuckHart70 Exactly. Thank you! :)

[@mwr]

Hey Patricia, email me at my website and I'll be sure to get you the tabs and practice tracks! Thanks!!

[@PatriciaSpayd]

Hi Ryan, I got them! I figured out what I was doing wrong and just go the printout of Wildwood Flower. And by the way ordered your music book! Thanks for the help!

[@mwr]

Patricia Spayd Great! Thanks for the support!!

[@patriot1531]

tab please

[@mwr]

Hey Bill, you can sign up at my website and access the tab, or sign-up in the link above to receive the tabs as well. If you still have troubles email directly at my site. Thanks!

[@patriot1531]

+Ryan Kimm okay thanks man I might do that

[@mwr]

Great! Let me know if you have any troubles. I'm happy to help!

[@patriot1531]

+Ryan Kimm Alright I will! Thanks so much! Happy 4th of July!

[@Crowstooth]

Free tabs and practise tracks only gets to half way (50%) and stops.

[@MrLeejan]

i wonder how many guitar players can actually read music. or even know the names of the notes

[@gonefishin1406]

dude it's hard to see its ç you start with, you could tilted your damn fiddle. and moved your finger center tip.

[@buster2u22]

Not the way Maybelle Carter plays it.try again

[@mwr]

You're right, it's the way I play it, along with thousands of others.

[@TastyPlacementSEO]

Nope. You aren't using Carter Scratch

[@debrabish1494]

Thank you the below comment is extremely ungrateful

[@michaeltuffin5002]

Much better if u play it first up

[@jackduggan3620]

I got a tab that's a 100% easier than this one and sounds just as good !

[@coltreas]

This is NOT Carter Picking as done by Mother Maybelle Carter. She used a thumb pick and a metal fingerpick and played the melody with her thumb and did a double scratch movement with the finger pick (double up and down strum . She never played with a pick. People bandy names around like Carter and Travis picking and teach people wrong terms and descriptions. Travis eg, used only 2 fingers ist finger and thumb also with thumb pick and people who do not do proper Travis picking insist on teaching people the wrong techniques and calling it Travis picking .Likewise you need to improve your knowledge before you teach.

[@mwr]

+Jonathan Klass , Yes, it's certainly true Mother Maybelle used a thumb pick and some finger picks when she played. And it's clear you have some great knowledge about the music. But I do kindly disagree with you. And I think it's due to our definition of the term 'Carter Style.' I define it as the ability to play the melody while accompanying yourself. That's what I've been taught by Russ Barenberg, whom I studied with for 3-4 years. I've heard other players such as tony rice, David Grier, and bryan sutton use the same language. So again, I think it's how you define it. I guess to say I'm Not doing carter style or I'm wrong it call to Russ barenberg wrong as well. And he has a well of knowledge about this genre of music. He taught me a ton about this style and how to use it in other tunes. So, please don't come around here and say I'm wrong and need to improve my knowledge about music before teaching it. I have done the homework like you. I didn't see any instructional videos on your youtube channel. Honestly, I think we're both right. When people use the term flatpicking, does that just mean bluegrass guitar? People of all genres use a flatpick. So are we mis-interpreting that? When we say fingerstlye, perhaps that's wrong too? People who play in that style use picks, or nails, or the flesh of the fingers. So, who's a true fingerstlyist? Anyway, i think if we're sitting here debating about these details, we're missing what's important, the music. I look forward to your reply.

[@bobbybob5856]

+Jonathan Klass Anyone that knows anything about flatpicking guitar knows that this style is also commonly referred to as "Carter-Style." This doesn't mean that he's claiming this is how Mother Maybelle played the song. He';s showing you how to re-create her sound using a flatpick. I need to know...how many times have you spouted off this dumb argument in an attempt to show your superiority? It smells really old, like you've used it a bunch of times. I'm sure you tell people that play tunes similar to Django Reinhardt that they need to injure they left hand in a fire and only play with two fingers otherwise it's not really like he did it. Why not put up your own lesson then and show him how it's done? We're all waiting..... Keep up the good work Ryan.

[@kennethjohnsonart]

He clearly said "Carter style" and NOT "Carter technique." Props to you Ryan.

[@coltreas]

When Pete Seeger wrote the book and the accompanying record The 12-string guitar as played by Leadbelly, he did not teach techniques that Leadbelly never used like a flat pick instead of a thumb pick and steel fingeroick. He left alternate uses of the 12-strimg to additional chapters at the end. Also when Harry taussig did his book on instrumental techniques of American Folk Guitar he describes Mother Maybelle s guitar technique properly. Rather describe your style on the video as bluegrass flat picking which is what it is , Like it or not!

[@mwr]

Thank you.

[@antoniosantorini9355]

Talker

[@mwr]

Teacher

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

If you are going to Carter style you had better get rid of the pick and use your fingers.

[@49rockon]

Great lesson. Many thanks !